Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Friday that X.AI Corp. (doing business as xAI) acquired the social media platform X in an all-stock transaction."xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent. This...
Meta Platforms Inc. announced on Tuesday new changes for Facebook live broadcasts, starting February 19. Live videos will be available for replay, download, or sharing for 30 days, after which they will be automatically deleted. Users will receive notifications via email and in the app before...
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is reportedly delaying negotiations for the sale of the popular app, awaiting approval from the Chinese government amid growing tensions between Beijing and Washington.Sources familiar with the discussions told The Washington Post on Wednesday...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez accused tech billionaires on Wednesday of leveraging their immense wealth to undermine democracy.During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he warned that the concentration of power in a few ultra-wealthy individuals directly threatens societal...
United States President Joe Biden warned in his farewell address that "an oligarchy" of the ultra-wealthy "is taking shape in America," while also calling attention to the rise of a "tech-industrial complex" that could pose "real dangers to our country as well."
This oligarchy, "of extreme wealth, power...
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, claimed on Joe Rogan's podcast on Friday that US President Joe Biden's team pressured Meta employees to remove specific content during the administration's vaccine rollout.According to Zuckerberg, officials criticized a meme featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, which...
Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace voted on Tuesday to lift its ban on WhatsApp, according to state media.The decision comes after over two years of restrictions on the messaging platform, which were introduced following nationwide protests in 2022.Communications Minister Sattar Hashemi...
The Australian parliament adopted a bill on Thursday banning children under the age of 16 from social media. It is the first legislation of its kind in the world, with social media usually restricting the users' age to 13 and older.The law will come into effect in one year. It imposes fines of up to A$50...
Australia's House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that seeks to ban children under the age of 16 from social media, the Associated Press reported, after the country's prime minister, Anthony Albanese, announced the world-first move earlier this month.House approval, passed with...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that "unchecked artificial intelligence and social media platforms" are amplifying humanity's "worst" tendencies, fueling hate and violence.Speaking at the 10th global forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in Cascais,...
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